Lost Land

Harà Watan

Non-Premiere

Synopsis

Sinopsis

After living in a Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh, four-year-old Shafi and his nine-year-old sister Somira embark on a perilous journey to Malaysia with a group of fellow Rohingya in the hope of reuniting with their scattered family. They spend seemingly endless days on an overcrowded smugglers’ boat until an incident at sea leaves them alone — and lost — in Thailand. But the kindness of the people they meet along the way, and their own indomitable spirit, reveal to them that they are never alone in the world, no matter how far from home.

Schedule

Jadwal

Director's Biography

Biografi Sutradara

Akio Fujimoto

Akio Fujimoto (Writer / Director / Editor) is a Japanese filmmaker known for his intimate, socially engaged cinema. Born in Osaka in 1988, he trained in film at the city’s Visual Arts Academy. His debut feature, Passage of Life (2017), a Japan-Myanmar co-production, received international acclaim, winning the Best Feature and the Spirit of Asia Best Director awards of the Asian Future section at the Tokyo International Film Festival. He continued to explore migration and identity in Along the Sea (2020), which was presented at the San Sebastián Film Festival. Drawing on personal and cultural experiences, his work blends fiction and documentary with a restrained, humanistic approach, often focusing on the lives of those at the margins.

Credit

Kredit

Production Company	Rediance
Producer	Kazutaka Watanabe, Mizue Kunizane, Shogo Yasukawa, Angèle de Lorme, Sujauddin Karimuddin, Elise Shick, Christian Jilka, Eric Nyari
Director	Akio Fujimoto
Scriptwriter	Akio Fujimoto
Cinematographer	Yoshio Kitagawa
Production Designer	Tam Khalid
Editor	Akio Fujimoto
Main Cast	Shomira Rias Uddin, Muhammad Shofik Rias Uddin
Director’s filmography	Passage of Life – 2017 Japan / Myanmar (Tokyo IFF 2017 – Best Feature Film / Best Director) Along the Sea – 2020 Japan / Vietnam (San Sebastián – New Directors; Tokyo IFF – World Focus) Bleached Bones Avenue – 2020 Japan / Myanmar short film
Notable Achievement	Venice Film Festival Orizzonti Competition – Jury Prize
Contact	[email protected]